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| Dhanush and Richa in Mayakkam Enna |
Well as soon as i finished watching the film on my laptop, i cursed myself for not watching it earlier at cinemas. But i did have my excuses in prepartion for semester exams. Well everything about the film moved me.
Photography for some people is a passion, for some it is just a hobby. Karthik Swaminathan(Dhanush) is a serious freelance photographer whose interest is portraits and wildlife photography, Photography is his passion and his life. He aims to make it big and hopes to become an assistant to Madesh Krishnaswamy a very well known proffessional photographer. Karthik is usually seen with his friends in a care free attittude, but when it comes to photography he gets damn serious. Sunder is his best buddy from childhood and it was Sunder's father along with friends who took care of Karthik and his sister Ramya after the death of their parents. Yamini comes to the scene as Sunder's date, Karthik falls for her with time. Yamini too starts to care for him and they soon fall in love. Later Sunder finds out and their friendship goes for a toss, which is saved by Sunder's father and Yamini and Karthik gets married. Meanwhile Madhesh asks Karthik to take some wildlife photos so that he could consider appointing him as an assistant. Karthik is shattered when Madhesh says his photos are waste and he should give up photography. Karthik is hurt, but moves on. Later he finds out that one of the photos he submitted to Madhesh wins the National award with all credit going to him. Karthik soon moves into an abnormal state and Yamini, who now his wife cares for him. Karthik finally gets his break and wins an international photography award beating Madesh Krishnaswamy as well. This forms the plot of the film.
All credit of the film goes to Selvaraghavan, Dhanush and GV Prakash Kumar,they made the film an outstanding piece of Cinema. I appreciate Selvaraghavan for a theme never before tried. Emotions flow through out, and every relation is given due respect, from friendship to love. The guts Selva showed in portraying the love between bestfriend and girlfriend of Sunder deserves mention, and the way Sunder and Karthik patches up after Sunder finds out is too good. Another thing as good as Selva's direction is GV Prakash Kumar's music and background scores, i was totally moved by the bgm's in some scenes. Dhanush as usual comes up with a performance which explains why he deserved the National Award for Aadukalam, If you ask me i would give another one for him as i believe he was at his best in this film. Richa Ganopadhay's character is another one you would fall in love with, One would feel that she ain't all that nice after she loves the friend of her boyfriend, her character and acting skills come out in the second half and especially in the song 'Pirai Thedum'.
There are a few scenes in the film which deserves mention and the first one being Karthik going into the wild to shoot photos, and the joy he receives is portrayed in a scene with no dialogues beautifully and this scene alone describes the film for you, Simply Elegant.
Another scene is the one where Yamini feels that Karthik should give up photography and tells him he is not good at it, dejected Karthik walks back home when he meets an old lady and the photographer inside him wakes up. The way he spreads a smile to the old lady and husband, and the way he replies to Yamini is a treat.
There are plenty of other scenes which stands out like the one where Yamini washes blood stains of the floor and Karthik apologizing to her. The final speech Karthik delivers at the International photography award ceremony and few more as well.
Well, to sum it up, This is one of the best Tamil films i saw in life and i am really sad that the film hasn't received its deserved credit. This is the kind of film which moves you and at the same time inspires you to take up photography and give respect to photographers. If you still haven't watched this film, then i request you to.
